@Wayworn
That's quite the downgrade to go from 120GB of data to none. If you never bothered to track your data usage previously then I can see how you are surprised on how quickly you used up 1 GB of data.
Those of us on the $15 plan w/100 outgoing minutes and 250mb of data have become adept at using wifi when available (saving the passwords when necessary), using our phone's data warning and data limiter settings. Avoiding using mobile data for apps that use video or have a lot of photos or even Google photos as searching for that photo of that fish you caught in 2017 will use a lot of data!
Turning off this kind of content in the settings of certain apps like Facebook or Instagram when not on wifi is a must. As is turning off background data usage in your apps.
Downloading maps on wifi beforehand helps when needing directions while navigating helps save data. There are many other ways to minimize your mobile data usage as well.
If you think you will have the sporadic need for larger buckets of data some months and not others now that Public Mobile no longer offers the flexibility to change plans according to your data needs you could consider a larger data plan that you use in addition to your current plan and suspend for up to 89/90 days when not needed or suspend either plan depending on whether or not you need data or not. A dual Sim phone makes this a viable option.
Unfortunately Public Mobile has rebranded itself to attract and retain budget conscious affluent customers rather than catering to customers of all income levels who are willing to give up "frills" to stay within their mobile services budget not the "budget" as pre-determined by Public Mobile.
